Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg.. ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8469-1 June 24, 2026 ffmpeg vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg. Software Description: - ffmpeg: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files Details: Jiasheng Jiang discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory in certain error-handling paths of its TensorFlow DNN backend. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-12343) Quang Luong discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain subsample data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-40962) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra11 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter11 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil60 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample6 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale9 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available withUbuntu Pro libavcodec60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra9 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter9 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil58 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc57 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample4 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale7 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil56 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc55 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample3 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale5 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavresample-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavresample4 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil56 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc55 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample3 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale5 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8469-1 CVE-2025-12343, CVE-2026-40962 . Security updates for FFmpeg fix several issues affecting Ubuntu users across multiple LTS versions, mitigating potentialattacks.. FFmpeg security update, Ubuntu security notice, multimedia tools update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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